Delete old messages

- [Instructor] Part of keeping your mailbox easy to use…is deleting items that you don't need any longer.…If I'm working and I read an item and I say,…okay, I have done this, I don't need to track that I did it,…I verified my email address per Microsoft's request,…nothing else for me to do here.…I can delete this.…There's a button here that allows me to delete it,…the delete button in the delete section,…I also have an X here that I can point to, to delete this,…I can delete anything, so notice,…it will let me delete any message,…whether it's selected or not.…

I can also right-click and choose delete.…Lots of different ways to delete a message,…and with a message selected,…I can hit the Delete key on my keyboard.…Any or all of those will send this message…winging it's way to the Deleted Items folder,…where it will hang out until I empty this folder.…If I change my mind on this, back in my Inbox,…right away, I could have chosen to undo this,…but if the item's still hanging out here,…I can drag it back over to my Inbox from Deleted Items.…

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10/21/2016

Get tips, tricks, and keyboard shortcuts that will increase your efficiency with Outlook 2016. Gini von Courter shares over 65 power shortcuts to save time, increase productivity, and help you stay organized—whether you're sending emails or managing your task list. Start with Gini's top 10 shortcuts, and power up from there. Learn techniques for quickly organizing your inbox, managing incoming messages, and replying to emails, and a few other cool tricks, like sending texts directly from Outlook. This course also helps you manage your appointments, share calendars, work with contacts, and stay on task with Outlook 2016.

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